The Bozeman weekly chronicle., 1887-09-07
THINGS TERRITORIAL.

V outgoing trip it bore away sixteen pas
r sengers; on the retrrn it came with a
whirl under the veteran hand of Major
T. Reed.
| The party of Union Pacific surveyors
who were at the Grinnell ranch a week
ago have come as far south as Massacre
Hill, and on Wednesday were seen sur.
veying line down through the Murphy
Gulch. Their movements. however, we
are informed are not to be make public,
Buffalo Sentinel
The Northern Pacific Railroad through
]. NJ. Hannaford Traffic Manager, has
issued 4 circular in which it announces
that all shipments of game, the transpor-
tation of which is not authorized by the
act of the Montana Legislature, approved
March 0, 1887, must be declined by
agents for shipment by freight
The Manitoba, officials contemplate
the erection of large stock yards in the
vicinity of the Big Sandy, where the
road will cross that stream. 1t will be
convenient to cattle from the Judith
and all portions of Northern Montana.
Water and feed are abundant, and the
A Hiendive woman put phosphorus
on her 5union the other night and re-
tired. In the night her husband spied
the glowing thing, sized it up for fire
| luu and hnp IL utith hn
n's' "'' '''"7' WV" WV u'''J"ch'
"1 ''i ope"N' W MN ",'no'' puhen-
"s nm "'t, ''. .'"'''' WHEN SUE ''"s
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Inc reports at tile annual conference
OF the Methodist Episcopal church in
Montana which has Just closed very
prohtapie session at Butte. show that
denomination to be in prosperous con-
dition' Ihe membership, including
propationers, number l,239 and 30
preachers NO. OF church edifces, 30
value, Slo3,ooo; number of parsonages
10; value Sl9'ooo number of Sunday
schools, "', with 56i officers and teachers
and z,i2o scholars amount ofmissionary |
money raised from churches and Sunday |
schools, 81 ,5s9,oo; the ladies have also
raised for their mission society SlS4.00.
iheie were raised ior the support oi
preachers upwards Oh so'ooo more than
,as1 year. Inc next conference VIII he
'e'o IN MISSOURI.
special from Missoull to the In
dependent, says: Herman Guenther,
with party of colored denizens of
Front street row, went fishing on Miller
creek to-day. George Moore of b. COM
pany, 3rd infantry, Fort MIssoula, also
happned on the creek, Guenther. com.
ing up behind him, shot him In the
back, the ball passing through the body
and the right forearm. After this Guen-
ther shot himself through the head.
Guenther died instantly and Moore
lived but short time. The inquisition
has not yet returned to town. Guenther
formerly belonged to company at Fort
Shaw. Moore returned Wednesday from
Fort Smelling, where he represented B
company in the department rifle COM
petition, The supposed cause of the
tragedy was Guenther's jealousy of his
wife, Kate, and Moore. '-'
Little Joe is well known horse, who ,
or the past three years has trotted in
eastern circuits, and has a record some
where below 2:20, though lust how far
below there is no one at present in Butte |
who knows exactly. Little Joe was
o"ne'' III o. raul ana "A. Y. bray' a
,"hAer o' iie'eha' concluded to buy and t
o',"g i'i', ou' ior the western circuit L
oo'' n'''s''aw' Vi nu.Oe' was selected as
''n "sen', anu some 'i,ree inoh'hs ago he Il
"eh' EAST u Oh faui ana p"ught the a
no,so 10. s'''oo, bringing MN direct to n
pu''e' A'ler u lew weeks stay mere the "
''''o was '"Aeh W rort'ahu iot some b
'''" '''' NnoWh' ph' WAS Drought oack II
'"" '"'o.eu ior the 'rce'"r'aii. rms. 1t p
. "','se'' us ap' nus pes' 10 win, out el
o' D'','s aooii,'"'eu' ne was wihded anu
'"". o"' a''er 'i'e hrst neat. In Helena
'i 'a'u'oay nc was IN much better form
''' 1T 'ne conclusion OF the race was not
III cohui'ioh 10 nave trotted another =
'ua' III -"o' haheheie gave MN close
an i"r thc tiird neat only losing by +
iech' anu II nc iiaa won 1t would have
i''''uo'e''y "Aeh inc race as he Is =
''"yoi ifou' way pack. lhttIe Joe will
'e '"Aeh ironi tie'ena 10 oregon, where :
1t VIII 'ro' III 'ile clrclit against some a
"e"'y ''ofses'-lh f'Mountain.
fma,le a county Cascade will embrace IL
Darts of Chotcan, Mearher anil Iowis -
md Clarke counties, About n TOWN
ships, ,oGO square miles. will he takap Of
rom Measher county, Is townships. or
$40 square miles. from Lewis and Clarke
and about the same amonnt frop, ci
Jhoteau The new county will be one of
he smallest in .he territory. Great
Falls will of course, be its seat of govern IT
ment. In the matter of indebtedness
the new county makes itself liable to the
from which it takes its conn H.
ponent parts as follows: Meauher. s3o W
300; Lewis and Clarke 5000 and Ia
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